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48 Cards in this Set
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fibrillation
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abnormal quivering or contraction of the heart
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angina pectoris
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chest pain
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-ule
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small
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systole
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contraction phase
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-stenosis
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narrowing or stricture
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thromb/o
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clot
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hypotension
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low blood pressure
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ven/o
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vein
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tachy-
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fast
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aneurysm
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weakness in the wall of an artery
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ischemia/ischemic
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lack of blood flow
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embolus
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clot
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ventricul/o
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ventricle
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hypertension
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high blood pressure
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splen/o
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spleen
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infarction
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partial or complete occlusion
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anti-
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against
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angi/o
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vessel
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ather/o
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fat or cholesterol
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aort/o
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aorta
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brady-
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slow
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cardi/o
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heart
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bi-
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two
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cyan/o
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blue
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diastole
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relaxation phase
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coron/o
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heart
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-emia
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blood
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arteri/o
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artery
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cyte/cyt/o
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cell
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electr/o
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electric
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coagul/o
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clot
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atri/o
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atrium
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erythry/o
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red
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-rrhage/ -rrhagia
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bursting forth
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hem/o
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blood
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-malacia
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softening
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-lysis
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loosening or destruction
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-genesis
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formation
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my/o
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muscle
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lymph/o
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lymph
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-ole
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small
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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phleb/o
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vein
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febr/o
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fever
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hemat/o
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blood
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-spasm
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twitch or spasm
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scler/o
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hardening
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leuk/o
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white
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